Progress 42 () was a

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unmanned

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cargo spacecraft, which was launched in May 1990 to resupply the

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space station.

Launch

Progress 42 launched on 5 May 1990 from the

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in the

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. It used a Soyuz-U2 rocket.

Docking

Progress 42 docked with the aft port of the

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module of Mir on 7 May 1990 at 22:45:03 UTC, and was undocked on 27 May 1990 at 07:08:58 UTC.

Decay

It remained in orbit until 27 May 1990, when it was deorbited. The deorbit burn occurred at 11:40:00 UTC and the mission ended at 12:27:30 UTC.

References

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Launch

Docking

Decay

See also

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